Service Details
Name:
 HOLDCROFT
Given Name:
 VICTOR CECIL
Initials:
 V C
Service No:
 102911
Rank:
 Major
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Adjutant:
 Adjt.
Unit:
 P.T. School Baragwanath
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Former Regiment:
 formerly KRRC WW1
Date of Death:
 1944-05-22
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Date of Birth:
 1897-04-12
Age:
 47
Cause of Death:
 Died of cardiac failure, at Johannesburg
Decorations:
 Mentioned in Despatches (1918)
Citations:
 ***Submitted for War Grave Status to CWGC, awaiting acceptance
Additional
Information:
Son of Joseph and Annie Elizabeth Holdcroft, of Parktown, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa. Husband of Mildred Eva Holdcroft, of "Slieve Donard", North Street, Melrose, Johannesburg District. Born Johannesburg. Educated at St. Andrew's College, Grahamstown. A company director. He had 2 sons. His brother also died on service.
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Gauteng
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Cemetery:
 JOHANNESBURG (BRIXTON) CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 Gen. Sec. Grave 5969/71

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